Kynurenine pathway metabolism in human astrocytes

Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology

Volumn 467, Issue , 2000, Pages 125-131

  Guillemin, Gilles J ^a   Kerr, Stephen J ^a   Smythe, George A ^b   Armati, Patricia J ^c   Brew, Bruce J ^a  

^a ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

KYNURENINE; KYNURENINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE; PICOLINIC ACID; QUINOLINIC ACID; TRYPTOPHAN;

AMINO ACID METABOLISM; AMINO ACID SYNTHESIS; ASTROCYTE; CATABOLISM; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FETUS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

3-HYDROXYANTHRANILATE 3,4-DIOXYGENASE; ASTROCYTES; BRAIN; CELLS, CULTURED; DIOXYGENASES; FETUS; HUMANS; HYDROLASES; KYNURENINE; KYNURENINE 3-MONOOXYGENASE; MIXED FUNCTION OXYGENASES; OXYGENASES; PENTOSYLTRANSFERASES; PICOLINIC ACIDS; QUINOLINIC ACID; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; TRYPTOPHAN OXYGENASE;

EID: 0034466545     PISSN: 00652598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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